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February 29, 2008

Mr. Hankee: USA Is Yankee Country

In an interview with the New York Times' Play magazine, the clown whose mouth is always several yards ahead of his brain says:

Red Sox Nation? What a bunch of [expletive] that is. That was a creation of the Red Sox and ESPN, which is filled with Red Sox fans.

Go anywhere in America and you won't see Red Sox hats and jackets, you'll see Yankee hats and jackets. This is a Yankee country. We're going to put the Yankees back on top and restore the universe to order.

What Mr. Hankee didn't say was that, two years ago, in an blatantly obvious attempt to be like the Red Sox, the Chokers created and sold "Yankee Universe" t-shirts.

This guy -- a winner of the lucky sperm contest -- is a solid-gold asshole who has no concept of the idea of a professional businessman keeping some of his thoughts to himself. The Hankapalooza Era is going to be non-stop fun. I hope he runs the MFY (into the ground) for the next three decades.

49 comments:

There is a lot of hype involved in the idea of "Red Sox Nation" and last year's presidential race, even though obviously meant in fun, got way too much ink for my liking.

But at this point, I see at least as many Sox caps in San Francisco as Yankee caps. I even heard a Yankee fan in The Bar try to portray the Yankees as underdogs in terms of fan base, although around the same time last fall there was an article which tried to quantify this race which left the Sox in a solid but not particularly close second place.

I think there are still more Yankee fans overall, but any "America's team" notion has been tossed on the heap starting with the 2001 WS. Steinbrenner is indeed a blathering dipshit when he says stuff like this. So the Sox have a hype machine going on and a lot of newer fans -- what smart team would turn them away? Mr. Hankee's just smarting from a loss of Yankee prestige.

I remember a few years ago when the Can. gov't was launching the $2.00 coin. The genius press was speculating on what the common folk would call it --doubloon, 2-piece etc., when there was only one obvious nickname, given the loonie. And what name sticks to Hank?

It is amazing how a man that is at the helm of one of America's most scrutinized pro sports teams somehow cannot take 3 seconds to think about what he is saying. Ever time I hear this guy talk I lose some respect for him. Hank just take a lesson in class from the captain of his own baseball team.

I find Hank good for the Red Sox-Yankee rivalry...Just like when his father was saying and doing stupid shit for years.....He's comical and just another yankee to hate.....The front office has been silent for years in the Bronx...he adds a little life to are new found dominace....

And about the class act the captain is...please save that for a yankee site....trained monkeys aren't full of class they are just trained .......When Derek Jeter says something of relevance let me know......

Sorry I've had a shitty week and the last thing I wanna deal with is some pretentious NY fuckwit who thinks he knows better than anyone else how to run a God damn franchise.

I'm also tired of listening to that fucking 26 Ring argument, especially from little college/HS prats who weren't around for most of them. I know I wasn't alive in 1918 but I was for 2004/7, so fuck off kids. The future generation of Americans = I'm screwed (and I'm part of it too :( ).

I find Hank good for the Red Sox-Yankee rivalry...Just like when his father was saying and doing stupid shit for years.....He's comical and just another yankee to hate.....The front office has been silent for years in the Bronx...he adds a little life to are new found dominace....

9Casey is right. Everyone missed Georgie when he was fading away and silent. You know it would have been more fun to watch the Yankees melt down if George had been exploding to the media every other week. You know you all missed that! So now there's another buffoon to laugh at. Enjoy!

I've referred to my self as past of Red Sox Nation for as long as I can remember. However that's because I'm a die-hard, life long Red Sox fan that grew up and still lives in Portland, OR I stopped using the term so much after it became an Official Club because I think the idea of it is stupid.

I love Red Sox Nation , just for the reason it irritates the hell out of Yankee fans....Go up to a yankee fan and mention the "nation" and they get that look on their face like they are going to vomit in their mouth.......priceless.....

Not me. I think it's hilarious. Red Sox fans think ESPN loves the Yankees, Yankees fans thinks they love the Red Sox. No one here likes to hear it, but the two sides of the rivalry have a lot in common.

Gosh, I don't know what Hank's talking about. I went to a Mariners-Red Sox game last year at Safeco and I swear at least one-third of the caps in the stands were Red Sox.Two world titles in four years.Jealous much, Hank?

i'm glad that within months of taking over he's already proven to be a completely brainless moron, forever enshrining himself as someone who deserves to be locked in a small shack, set on fire and dropped out of an airplane while flying over the north atlantic.